When an Officer Is Struggling with an Obligation to Act

question 10

Multiple Choice

When an officer is struggling with an obligation to act in a certain manner,he or she is struggling with the ethical dilemma of .

• A)honesty
• B)loyalty
• C)discretion
• D)duty

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Definitions:

Average Product

The output per unit of input, calculated by dividing total output by the quantity of inputs.

Law of Diminishing Returns

An economic principle stating that as additional units of a factor of production are added to a fixed amount of another factor, the incremental increase in output will eventually decrease.

Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus was an 18th-century British economist and demographer, best known for his theory that population growth would outpace agricultural production, leading to widespread poverty and famine.

Resource Availability

The degree to which essential inputs for production, like labor, technology, and raw materials, are readily accessible for economic activities.